R(eal) Basics

This section should help you to

• get R and RStudio started on your computer
• understand the structure of the program
• prepare your workspace for an analysis
• import data, get help and some more important vocabulary
• manipulate data with the dplyr package
• manipulate data with the data.table package
• set up your machine for the use of the sparklyr package
• work with large data sets in Apache Spark using the sparklyr package
• create graphics with the ggplot2 package.

Recently, I have finished the first version of a below 30 pages introduction to R. It uses an exemplary workflow to explain some basics of the language and the application of the packages dplyr, ggplot2 and openxlsx. The script can be downloaded here.